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Those crystal blue eyes glance from one person to the other until they finally land on me. I want to be a good guy and tell her she can go, and we’ll be fine, but I don’t want to be a good guy. Not when it comes to her.

“What do you say, Blondie? Wanna hang out with us?”

She grazes her teeth over her lower lip, letting it pop. “Okay,” she whispers, her words barely audible. “I’ll stay.”

“Yes!” Levi throws himself at her, making her sway on her feet. “We’ll have so much fun. I’ll pick out the movie, and?—”

“Why don’t you go and do that?” I let my hands land on Levi’s shoulders. “Savannah will come down in a little bit.”

Savannah shoots me a grateful smile, and I push Levi toward the door, Daniel at our heels.

We descend the stairs, and Levi goes to the living room. He grabs the remote and jumps on the couch, coughing slightly.

“Are you sure you’re okay?” I press my palm against his forehead, but no fever, just like Savannah said. “Want me to get you some tea?”

He shakes his head, his attention on the TV. “I’m good.”

“Okay, then. I’ll go and heat that soup up.”

Slipping into the kitchen, I pull open the fridge and grab the pot with some soup Mrs. M. made for the boys before she left. When I close the fridge, I find Daniel standing in the doorway.

“Did you want something different to eat?” I ask as I turn on the stove.

“No, this is fine.” From the corner of my eyes, I can see him shift his weight from one foot to the other. “You won’t ask me what happened? Why didn’t I call?”

My brows quirked up as I lean against the counter. “Do you want to tell me?”

Daniel’s throat bobs as he swallows. “Levi told me he didn’t feel good a little after Mrs. M. left, but I didn’t believe him.” His head drops down, and he rubs at the back of his neck. “Some guys from school came by. We were playing video games, and I thought he was making things up, so I told him to go and play. He did, and I forgot about it until I went to grab a drink and heard him vomiting. I tried to give him some medicine, but he kept throwing up. I was thinking of calling you, but you were in Austin, and he wasn’t feeling well, so I went to Savannah’s.”

Pushing from the counter, I cross the distance between us and place my palms on his shoulders. “You did good. I wouldn’t be able to get here in time anyway, so you did what you had to in order to help your brother.”

Daniel nods slowly. “She came. She didn’t even blink when I asked her, she just… came.”

I wasn’t surprised. Not in the slightest. That was the kind of woman she was. I didn’t know what I did to deserve her in my life, but I was one lucky bastard to have her.

“She’s a good woman.”

I glance up when I see a flash of blonde on the staircase, my lungs suddenly feeling tight.

Savannah.

Lifting my hand, I rub at my chest as I watch her go to the living room and smile at Levi as she sits next to him, letting him scoot into her side. That pressure grows sharper, more intense, leaving me breathless as the realization sets in.

I might have lied to her after all.

I wasn’tfallingfor her.

No, it was too late for that.

I wasin lovewith her.

Now, I just had to convince her to give me a chance.

CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT

SAVANNAH

This was a bad idea.

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